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I wonder if you can install Wine under WSL? :evil laugh:

by carlio 6y ago

mmm_grayons 6y ago
Better still, use VcXsrv or similar to run proton.
- freeone3000 6y ago
  You want mobaxterm here - vcxsrv is amazingly slow with GLX workloads.
  - semi-extrinsic 6y ago
    Does it work with VNC and VirtualGL? If yes, this is my new favourite Windows thing.
    - beernutz 6y ago
      It does work with VNC. Not sure about VirtualGL though. It IS very comlete however, so it has a high likelihood I think.
phonon 6y ago
https://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/607714.html https://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/607714.html
recursive 6y ago
I don't believe WSL has any graphical capability whatsoever.
- 0xTJ 6y ago
  By itself no. But you can run an X Server just like you have on Linux machines, and start graphical applications that use it.
- nikeee 6y ago
  You can start an X server on Windows and let WSL use it. I've used some GUI programs via Xming in the past. It's fairly simple: https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/02/08/graphical-programs-on-windows-subsystem-on-linux.aspx?m=1 https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/02/08/graphic...
- xnyan 6y ago
  I’m not sure where that belief came from because it absolutely does. Software compositing, so you’re limited to what is practical but that’s very useful for a lot of things.
  - recursive 6y ago
    > I’m not sure where that belief came from I vaguely recall (possibly correctly) that I once read it on Scott Hanselman's blog.
sho_hn 6y ago
It's a chuckle-worthy thought now, but I am willing to bed it will be reality for backward compatibility with historic games in the long run - cf. the use of DOSBox to run old DOS games in modern systems. Countdown to old Windows games delivered in full Linux containers starting now ...
- BubRoss 6y ago
  You think people will take games that already run on windows and package them in a linux container that runs them with wine, then require the multi gigabyte widows linux subystem to be installed so they can run through that? You are willing to bet on this? How much would you like to bet and are there any other bets you would like to make? Maybe the cubs winning the super bowl or dial up modems replacing fiber optics?
  - qznc 6y ago
    Place your bets here: https://predictionbook.com/predictions/198711 https://predictionbook.com/predictions/198711
  - sixothree 6y ago
    > take games that already run on windows I believe this is in reference to games that no longer run on modern versions of Windows.
  - chupasaurus 6y ago
    > require the multi gigabyte widows linux subystem to be installed It's Hyper-V, so you could just run Linux VM without the sugar coating.
  - sho_hn 6y ago
    The example I gave was old DOS games that no longer run on modern versions of Windows and are easier to ship with a bundled emulator - and that emulator is a free software reimplementation of the original thing. I think it's very likely to happen again in future iterations of the same principle, yes.

I wonder if you can install Wine under WSL? :evil laugh:

by carlio 6y ago

I wonder if you can install Wine under WSL? :evil laugh:

mmm_grayons 6y ago

Better still, use VcXsrv or similar to run proton.

freeone3000 6y ago
You want mobaxterm here - vcxsrv is amazingly slow with GLX workloads.
- semi-extrinsic 6y ago
  Does it work with VNC and VirtualGL? If yes, this is my new favourite Windows thing.
  - beernutz 6y ago
    It does work with VNC. Not sure about VirtualGL though. It IS very comlete however, so it has a high likelihood I think.

phonon 6y ago

https://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/607714.html https://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/607714.html

recursive 6y ago

I don't believe WSL has any graphical capability whatsoever.

0xTJ 6y ago
By itself no. But you can run an X Server just like you have on Linux machines, and start graphical applications that use it.
nikeee 6y ago
You can start an X server on Windows and let WSL use it. I've used some GUI programs via Xming in the past. It's fairly simple: https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/02/08/graphical-programs-on-windows-subsystem-on-linux.aspx?m=1 https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2017/02/08/graphic...
xnyan 6y ago
I’m not sure where that belief came from because it absolutely does. Software compositing, so you’re limited to what is practical but that’s very useful for a lot of things.
- recursive 6y ago
  > I’m not sure where that belief came from I vaguely recall (possibly correctly) that I once read it on Scott Hanselman's blog.

sho_hn 6y ago

It's a chuckle-worthy thought now, but I am willing to bed it will be reality for backward compatibility with historic games in the long run - cf. the use of DOSBox to run old DOS games in modern systems. Countdown to old Windows games delivered in full Linux containers starting now ...

BubRoss 6y ago
You think people will take games that already run on windows and package them in a linux container that runs them with wine, then require the multi gigabyte widows linux subystem to be installed so they can run through that? You are willing to bet on this? How much would you like to bet and are there any other bets you would like to make? Maybe the cubs winning the super bowl or dial up modems replacing fiber optics?
- qznc 6y ago
  Place your bets here: https://predictionbook.com/predictions/198711 https://predictionbook.com/predictions/198711
- sixothree 6y ago
  > take games that already run on windows I believe this is in reference to games that no longer run on modern versions of Windows.
- chupasaurus 6y ago
  > require the multi gigabyte widows linux subystem to be installed It's Hyper-V, so you could just run Linux VM without the sugar coating.
- sho_hn 6y ago
  The example I gave was old DOS games that no longer run on modern versions of Windows and are easier to ship with a bundled emulator - and that emulator is a free software reimplementation of the original thing. I think it's very likely to happen again in future iterations of the same principle, yes.